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Marines of U.S. 5th Marine Regiment advance towards a beach in amphibious vehicles during training in Russell Islands

United States Marines of 5th Marine Regiment undergo landing practice in Russell Islands, Solomon Islands, in Pacific Theater, during World War II. Group of Marines head towards beach in amphibious vehicles. Number of amphibious vehicles head towards beach. Marine plots on a map. They listen to messages over a phone.

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064089
U.S. warships fire and U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb Makin Island.

U.S. ships at the Makin Island. Armor-piercing and landing crafts fire in the foreground. U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless dive bomb island. U.S. Navy SOC Seagulls in flight over island. USS BB and USS CA fire 5 inch guns. Landing Crafts and Island in background. Smoke column rises over island and planes pass over island. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, November 20
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024945
American forces capture a Japanese airbase on the Mariana Islands.

The joint force assault by the American Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force against the Japanese on the island of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas Islands. U.S. mortar crew fires at the Japanese. Tanks and infantrymen advance ahead. American troops fire mortar guns, artillery guns and machine guns. Troops advance toward a Japanese airbase. The airbase is captured. Many of the Japanese planes are captured. U.S. forces advance north towards another Japanese airbase. Tanks and mortar guns are fired at enemy positions. View of destroyed Japanese tanks and dead Japanese soldiers. U.S. Naval fleet shelling Japanese installations on the island. A Japanese ammunition dump explodes. Massive cloud of the explosion rises in the air. (World War II period).

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050443
U.S. 4th Marines and 7th Infantry Division land on the Marshall Islands and Japanese ships are strafed in the Pacific Ocean.

A film titled: 'Attack on the Marshalls' depicts landing of U.S. troops on the Marshall Islands during World War II. A Japanese flag flying atop a flag pole. Animated map shows areas occupied by the Japanese. U.S. troops invade the areas. Marshall Islands, New Guinea and other places on the map. The 4th Marines and the 7th Infantry Division land on the Marshall Islands. U.S. airplanes taking off from an air base. They fly in formation overhead. A Japanese ship convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. They are strafed from the air. Smoke arises as the ships explode. Aerial view of the Pacific Ocean. U.S. airplanes aboard an aircraft carrier underway. Japanese airplanes being shot down by United States aircraft and crashing into water, as seen in wing camera or gun camera footage .

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076739
U.S. Naval bombardment of Mariana Islands during World War II

Bombardment of Tinian, Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Islands by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Sailors on the destroyer ship USS Braine, DD-630, as viewed from the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, following transfer of several wounded from the destroyer to the battleship, during World War 2. A U.S. Northampton Class heavy cruiser bombarding Japanese positions in Mariana Islands. Smoke rising from shell strikes. Officer aboard the USS New Mexico observing action through binoculars. A sailor scanning horizon with binoculars. Triple gun turrets of the New Mexico trained to port. She being firing guns singly. Signal flags being raised above the New Mexico. Officers scanning horizon with binoculars. A couple of crew members taking a snooze break on deck. Various views of smoke rising in distance, from naval shelling. Two U.S. Navy observation float planes fly overhead. A formation of nine U.S. carrier-based aircraft fly toward the island. More views of explosions ashore. Two light cruisers firing close to shore.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062228
1st Marine Division bury fallen Marines from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands, in World War II

Burial of dead U.S. Marines, from battle of Peleliu, Palau Islands against Japan in World War 2. (Location is likely, island of Bliliou near Village of Teliu.) The covered bodies of fallen Marines are set out on litters. Later, Marines, wearing arm length black rubber gloves, lower the bodies into graves. A caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment smooths earth over the line of grave sites each dug in a row.

Date: 1944, October 7
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022884